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Legislators who won seats in special elections propose reimbursing counties for those costs

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In this Feb. 16, 2012, file photo, Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Pomona, poses in her Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. Torres received 44 percent of the vote in a special election for the 32nd Senate District seat. She faces Ontario Mayor Paul Leon, a Republican , who received 26 percent, in a May 14 runoff election.
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